Example sentences of "ask him [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1	The next day she left for Amsterdam , earlier than expected , after asking him not to try to get in touch with her there .
2	But , eh listen , if , do n't be frighten if there 's anything that you do n't know do n't you be frightened of asking him how to do it
3	‘ I politely asked him not to bully me but that infuriated him .
4	I asked him not to say any more to me , since at that time I represented the Labour Party and felt it quite possible that if he brought any action I would be called upon to act for them .
5	‘ In the end I asked him not to bet with me anymore because of the size and frequency of his bets . ’
6	Graham asked him not to summon the porter to his office .
7	When we reached the street corner where our ways separated I asked him not to tell anyone .
8	She asked him not to follow her , but he took no notice .
9	That hand is proffered for a farewell handshake , and this time I ask him not to squeeze so hard .
10	Everybody that comes in — you can imagine the reaction — and you ask him not to do it and his language is appalling , and he goes on doing it .
11	The Beggar tells him he has done him good already , and asks him not to spurn but to honour the experience of old age , claiming that poverty has shown him God .
12	He said foreign mediators had asked him not to use force to break Gen Aoun 's control of the enclave .
13	He said foreign mediators had asked him not to use force to break Gen Aoun 's control of the enclave .
14	Jack 's father had asked him not to mention the accident in front of the younger children .
15	He knew exactly why the Curator had asked him in to see the eagle — a most unusual thing for someone as unimportant as him to be called in personally in this way .
16	How they used to ask him not to go to their posh prep school , but to meet them in the town .
17	I 'll ask him not to send you to school .

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